HARD

Haha’ione Advocates for Respectful Development (HARD)

Haha’ione Advocates for Respectful Development (HARD)

HARD is a grassroots organization working to protect and preserve Hahaione Valley’s environment and view plane mauka of Hawaii Kai Drive between Pepeekeo and Hahaione Streets (see detailed map below), and to maintain Hawaii Kai’s safe, peaceful and quiet residential character, healthy environment, outstanding urban tree canopy, and excellent quality of life.
HARD encourages everyone in the community to join the group.

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Haha’ione Valley from a top the Koolua Mountain Range

Looking down into the valley the tree-covered building known as the Japan America Institute for Management Sciences (“JAIMS”) location (lower center)clearly seen in this photo.

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PETITION TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE JAIMS BUILDING AND TREES AT 6660 HAWAII KAI DRIVE AND ADJOINING PROPERTIES MAUKA OF HAWAII KAI DRIVE

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HARD is a grassroots organization of Hawaii residents concerned about the land uses and development from 6640 to 6660 Hawaii Kai Drive, between Pepeekeo Street (7-11) and Hahaione Streets, due to the upcoming lease expiration?

BETWEEN PEPEEKEO AND HAHAIONE STREETS
The petitioners thank Fujitsu Ltd. for creating in 1972 the Japan-America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS) as a nonprofit educational institute for cross-cultural business communications, and for developing and maintaining the serene and beautiful two-story building nestled under the magnificent trees at 6660 Hawaii Kai Drive for over 50 years. While fostering international relations in Asia-Pacific, JAIMS locally has also been a valued neighbor. JAIMS’s beautifully maintained trees and landscaping have created a green canopy that enhances our quiet residential community’s overall appearance and property values, reduces traffic noise and pollution, provides physiological and emotional benefits for people, and helps to cool our urban area and sequester carbon in the global fight against ever rising temperatures.
As the leases for the land underlying JAIMS and adjoining properties are set to expire in 2028, however, the petitioners are concerned about potential increased development of the properties located mauka of Hawaii Kai Drive between Pepeekeo and Hahaione Streets and the potential adverse impacts, including the loss of ocean viewplanes and environmental quality; increased traffic, noise, and air pollution; and more crime and security risks. Therefore, we hereby request:
(1) The landowner Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate (KSBE) preserve and maintain the JAIMS building
and trees at 6660 Hawaii Kai Drive.
2) Any governmental entities not approve plans or permits to allow for an increase in the current buildings’ height or the removal or destruction of healthy trees over 25 feet tall on the properties located mauka of
Hawaii Kai Drive between Pepeekeo and Hahaione Streets.

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